Passion Flowers
...
They bloomed together
within the same state of mind
though separated
by zones of time.
Sultry words sprouted
sprig-like inklings flourished
as they bound each other
to a burgeoning e...
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Categories:
sprig, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Matsuo Basho English Translations: Spring 1
...Matsuo Basho Haiku: English Translations of haiku about seasons, spring, rain, moon, flowers, blossoms, wind, river, etc.
Blame the rainy season
for my absence,
old friend Moon.
—Matsuo Basho, ...
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Categories:
sprig, flower, moon, rain, river,
Form: Haiku
Champion Cold
...Exactly who is strongest?
As above, so below.
Which, pray tell, did the gods best?
Spring, sprig mistletoe...
'Under heaven' read the sign.
Only one could tell!
Fancifully or by design?
Witc...
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Categories:
sprig, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
She Said
...You
Have Made
Life
So Much
Better...
She Said.
In Ways
You Can
Never...
Imagine.
***
In Leaves
Ochre-
Winter-Green-
Scarlet...
Distorted
By
Shimmering
Rain.
***
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Categories:
sprig, boxing day , life,
Form: Free verse
The Apples of His Eyes
...The Apple of His Eyes
reflected in the pond, the fruit
held precious in the lady’s hand.
polished by mistake; the loot
gathered with a serpentine backhand.
the limbs of oz too...
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Categories:
sprig, sin,
Form: Rhyme
A Snowy Day in April
...It was only a sprig
of red berries poking through
a mantle of snow.
But something in their quiet defiance—
so small, so sure, so bold—
stopped me in rushing mid-stride,
as if beauty had broken
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Categories:
sprig, beauty, color, nature, snow,
Form: Free verse
dont resent too much
...Friend, do not ressasse
your dark ideas,
Death will come
Whatever you do,
Everyone owes it,
Don’t resent
Your appointments
At the doctor’s,
He doesn’t even think about it,
Under the palm t...
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Categories:
sprig, age, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
human things
...Human things
Are very tiring,
Pays homage to granite,
Welcomes the warmth
Of the sun that turns,
Welcomes the silence
On the pretty cemetery,
Human things
Are very tiring,
ignore young gir...
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Categories:
sprig, appreciation, nature,
Form: Free verse
A Touch of Frost
...Delicately balanced
on the end of a twig,
breathtaking beauty
on each little sprig.
Lavish hues, orange,
gold, yellow and red;
veils of leaves above
the forest bed.
Jack Frost and ...
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Categories:
sprig, beautiful, beauty, inspiration, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Surrender In November
...The leaf came down
it came down
it came down
from heights of thinnest twig
a fated swan
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Categories:
sprig, age, autumn, beauty, fate,
Form: Verse
Con Brio-Vaudeville Playaz
...Don't forget to remove the Bay leaves from the
pot.
Make it easier on yourself
put the bay leaves and rosemary sprig
in a cheese cloth.
I'm in most incline to agree
yet some deemed them useless...
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Categories:
sprig, business, devotion, money, music,
Form: Ballad
Tom Yum
...Come to my lips, elixir!
Your divine broth,
clear and pure,
humble and exotic,
simple yet complex.
Your hint of lemongrass,
a sprig of cilantro,
a handful of shrimp.
"Mild?" "Yes, rather mi...
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Categories:
sprig, appreciation, food,
Form: Free verse
a loveliness
...a loveliness
of ladybugs tints drab sprig
good luck charms...
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Categories:
sprig, language, nature,
Form: Senryu
Lingering Dusk
...While I dillydally in my spring garden
I smell the lavender before noticing the buds
Dusk in a symphony of lavender hues
Summer can wait; so can my coronation
Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly,...
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Categories:
sprig, allegory, analogy, flower, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Savor The Flavor
...
A poetic community has many ingredients
Tablespoons of metaphors with Alliteration spice
A dash of Haiku makes things nice
Pour in some sonnets into a bowl
Mix in romance to make it whole
...
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Categories:
sprig, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
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